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Women at Risk?
Endocrine Disrupters in the Plastics Industry
James Brophy and Margaret Keith
September 12, 2012
Background image from CBC “Dying for Work”
Image from the Windsor Star Carcinogens and/or EDCs Few - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Image from the Windsor Star Carcinogens and/or EDCs Few - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Women at Risk? Endocrine Disrupters in the Plastics Industry James Brophy and Margaret Keith September 12, 2012 Background image from CBC Dying for Work Image from the Windsor Star Carcinogens and/or EDCs Few improvements
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Image from the Windsor Star
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Image from CBC “Dying for Work”
- Carcinogens and/or EDCs
- Few improvements
- Exposures to mixtures
- Regulatory inadequacies
- Health problems
- Who knows?
- Who cares?
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Image from Science Daily
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Hormones image from Skeptic
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Image from Mother Jones “The Frog of War”
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Image from Royal Society of Chemistry
Atrazine
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Image from DES Action USA.
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Image from Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
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Image from Tulane University
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Image from Breast Cancer Prevention Institute
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James King-Holmes: Science Photo Library
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Occupational and Environmental Risk Factors for Breast Cancer
James T. Brophy, PhD & Margaret M. Keith, PhD Co-Principal Researchers
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Image from lgdalliance.org
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Image from C&EN
- acrylonitrile
- styrene
- phthalates
- brominated fire retardants
- bisphenol A
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Image from NNEWH, Plastic Workshop, January, 2012
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Image from Rodon Group
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Image from Themix Plastics
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Image from Crown Contract Mfg
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